The Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Zaheer Anwar Jappa reviewed the arrangements for the five-day anti-polio campaign which will start on February 26, during which children up to five years old will be administered the polio vaccine.
A meeting was held in the committee room of the DC office under the chairmanship which was attended by Chief Executive Officer Health Dr. Syed Tanveer Shah, DHO Dr. Usama Pansota, Coordinator National Program Dr. Khalid Mahmood Arain, WHO representative Dr. Shiraz, District President of Private School Association Iftikhar Ali, officials from the Health Department, Education Department, Private School Association, Local Government Department, and other relevant departments.
Speaking on the occasion, DC emphasized that no child up to five years old should be deprived of the polio vaccine during the anti-polio campaign. He urged the officials to ensure monitoring by visiting mobile and transit teams. He urged parents to vaccinate their children up to five years old to keep them safe from polio. He also requested the cooperation of parents to help polio teams in this regard.
Dr. Shiraz briefed the meeting about the arrangements for the anti-polio campaign throughout the district. He mentioned that during the anti-polio campaign, over 824,000 children up to five years old will be administered polio drops across the district. He informed that from February 26 to 28, mobile teams will go door-to-door to administer polio drops to children up to five years old. Children missed during this period will be covered under the catch-up activity on February 29 and March 1, he maintained.
